// CRM & SALES
Salesforce vs Twenty
Salesforce charges per user, per month, forever — and bills extra for the parts that make it useful. Twenty is a modern open-source CRM you host yourself, with no seat tax.
RENTED
Salesforce
From ~$25/user/mo
OWNED
Twenty
Free + your hosting
// AT A GLANCE
How they compare
Salesforce
Twenty
Pricing model
Per-user subscription
Free, open-source license
Per-user fees
Every seat is billable
Unlimited users included
Who owns the data
Salesforce cloud
Your server, your pipeline
Customization
Powerful but complex / paid
Open source, fully yours
Lock-in
Deep, expensive to migrate
Open data, leave anytime
* Pricing is illustrative of published list rates and scales with seats/usage; open-source figures reflect license cost only.
// THE CATCH
Where Salesforce starts to hurt
X
Per-seat tax
Every team member who needs access is another monthly line item, forever.
X
Add-on sprawl
Core workflows often require paid add-ons or expensive consultant builds.
X
Overkill complexity
Small teams pay enterprise prices for a platform built for thousands of users.
// THE ALTERNATIVE
Twenty does the same job — and you own it
Twenty is a fast, modern CRM — contacts, companies, deals, pipelines, and custom objects — with a clean interface and full source access, hosted on your own server.
Unlimited users, no seat fees
Pipelines, deals, and custom objects
Clean, modern interface
API and integrations included
Your customer data stays on your server
// THE MATH
What it costs over three years
Salesforce · 3-YEAR LICENSE
$4,500+
Based on 5 users on a starter edition; real Salesforce orgs add seats, add-ons, and integrations that multiply this.
Twenty · LICENSE FEES
$0
No per-seat or usage fees ever. You pay only for the hosting you already run — plus our flat build & maintenance.
// WHY BUILTSTEAD, NOT DIY
Open-source is only free if your time is.
Twenty is open-source and self-hostable — but it needs deploying, updating, and connecting to your other tools to be useful. We install it, secure it, move your data over, connect it to the rest of your tools, and keep it running — all set up in your name. You get the savings of open-source without becoming your own IT department.
01
We host it for you
Deployed on reliable infrastructure, configured, secured, and monitored — no servers for you to babysit.
02
We migrate your data
Your existing records, contacts, and history moved over cleanly, so nothing is lost in the switch.
03
We connect your stack
Wired into your other tools so data flows automatically instead of being re-entered by hand.
04
We maintain & update
Updates, backups, and security patches handled on an ongoing basis — it just keeps working.
05
Set up in your name
Everything is titled to your company on your domain. No lock-in, no markup — the keys are yours.
06
Real people to call
When something needs attention, you reach us directly — not a ticket queue in another time zone.
Ready to drop Salesforce?
Get a free audit. We'll price out your switch to Twenty, map the migration, and show you the three-year savings — no obligation.
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// GROWTH
// FINANCE
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